New York City can cleanse its air, support more intermittent solar energy and help avert a potential "capacity crisis" in coming years by replacing some of its dirtiest and oldest fossil fuel-fired power plants with increasingly cost-competitive batteries, say energy storage experts….

"Battery storage debuted in the L.A. basin. Now it is ready for prime time in New York City," Huber said. "We are not claiming storage can make up for all of the shortfall. But it can add 400 to 500 MW by 2021."

Thirty percent of New York City’s old fossil fuel plants are slated for retirement in the next five years. Could energy storage take their place? A new report, “New York City’s Aging Power Plants: Risks, Replacement Options and the Role of Energy Storage,” says it would be a wise environmental move.

New York City has ambitious energy goals, including a goal of installing 100 MWh of storage by 2020 and reducing emissions 80% by 2050. While the city has faced some difficulties in deploying batteries, in part due to fire codes and other regulations, the new NY-BEST analysis shows the potential impact is significant.

The 2017 Edition of the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report reveals a global energy transition well underway. Strategen Consulting served as lead authors on a section titled "Energy Storage," which examines energy storage technologies, markets and policies around the world.

In this article, Strategen Consultants Mark Higgins, Ed Burgess, and Bill Ehrlich argue that the technological advances and rapid cost declines of energy storage have resulted in a wide array of storage technologies increasingly being deployed on utility systems across the country.

""Concepts laid out in the legislation stem from a report conducted by Strategen Consulting on behalf of the Maine Office of the Public Advocate. Strategen's Lon Huber, author of the report, believes the proposal offers a cost-effective and transparent mechanism to grow Maine’s solar market."

Mark Higgins, Chief Operating Officer at California-based clean energy consultants Strategen, faces off against Simon Vardy and Simon Mezger, both Managing Directors within Accenture’s Australian Utilities, in answer of the perennial question: will people go off grid or stay on grid in the near future?

As debates about net energy metering rage across the country, many states are undertaking valuation studies on distributed energy resources(DERs) to aid the decision making process. To help move beyond the net metering debate, Strategen proposes a new policy framework based on a mechanism called the Market-based Aggregation Credit (MAC).

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is evaluating several possible solutions to meet reliability needs identified in PSE’s Eastside transmission system located in Central King County (the Eastside) as part of PSE’s annual comprehensive reliability assessment. PSE commissioned Strategen Consulting, LLC (Strategen) to assess one of those prospective solutions: the feasibility of using energy storage – combined with other previously identified cost-effective non-wires alternatives – to meet the reliability need.